Lloyd's Maritime Law Newsletter

Charterparty - Arbitration - Freezing order - Whether order was justified - Risk of dissipation of assets - Whether order should be discharged for delay or non-disclosure - Variation of order

Charterparty - Amended NYPE 1993 form - Time charter trip Terneuzen, Netherlands to Jacksonville, US - Whether the owners were in breach of clause 8 when the master decided on safety grounds to cease following the charterers' recommended route via the Pentland Firth and to turn back and proceed through the English Channel - Whether the master's decision was justified and one which he was expressly permitted to take under the terms of the charterparty - Whether the vessel was off-hire by putting back or deviating